Hidden Hayling - St Marys ~ (Church Micro ~ 2543) Multi-cache
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Hidden Hayling - St Marys ~ (Church Micro ~ 2543)
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A series of caches hidden around hayling island hopefully this series of caches will take you to nice places around the island both busy tourist spots and hidden little walks that only local knowledge and the help of a cache you will find….
This simple one step multi cache takes you through the grounds of Marys church one of the oldest and most historical landmarks on the island
CHURCH MICRO 2543 ~ HAYLING ISLAND
This muli starts at the front of the church grounds at N50.47.720 W000.58.581
Where you will find an information board about the church – on the board you will find the telephone number of the vicarage
023 – A B C D E F G H
Using this information you can now locate the cache hiding place at:
N50.47. (C+H ) (B+G) G
W000.58 (B+D) (E+G) (D+E)
The cache is a short walk through the churchyard using the public footbath which leads out onto a field and the cache location
the cache is film container containing a logsheet only
parking:
lots of parking spaces next to church (starting point for this cache) in layby on main road
St Marys Church
Standing on the Island’s highest point, at 20 ft above sea level, St. Mary's Church became the central church on Hayling after flooding claimed the priory church, along with much of the southern edge of the Island in the 13th or 14th century. Built mainly in the early thirteenth century from imported stone, the church gained the addition on a timber porch in the fifteenth century and received significant interior restoration and alteration during the reign of Queen Victoria.
Although the original stocks and whipping post that were housed in the church yard have now been removed to Havant Museum, St. Mary's church still has many features worthy of note. The most noticeable of these is the ancient yew that dominates the church yard, believed to be one of the oldest in the country with a girth of some nine metres. Although estimates as to its age vary, they range from over a thousand to nearly two thousand years old.
Carved into the outside walls of the church four sun dials can still be seen by the keen observer. Used for timing the frequent church services in the days before mechanical timepieces, these now receive too much shade from the surrounding yew trees to be of any functional use.
In 1803 the three bells in the belfry, once impressed “1324” were replaced by a tolling bell.
Inside the church notable features include a stained glass window depicting the Tree of Jesse and two interesting fonts. The first font, a Saxon stone basin with interlacing patterns, was excavated from a site near the vicarage in the nineteenth century. The second is a Norman font of a much squarer, less intricate design.
“If anybody would like to expand to this series please do, I would just ask that you could let Sadexploration know first so he can keep track of the Church numbers and names to avoid duplication.
There is also a Church Micro Stats page found via the Bookmark list”
Additional Hints
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Tebhaq yriry haqre erq gvyr